Some parts of Qadir sermon

Prophet Mohammad (صلي الله عليه و آله و سلم) had a sermon in Qadir Khom in his return from his last pilgrimage to Mekka (Haja al-Weda') to guide his Ommat to the Right Path and to save them from deviation and being misled after him. These are translation of some parts of his sermon:

“Praise belongs to Allah, Who is Sublime in His Oneness, and He is with all beings in His Loneliness. Glorious is He in His Domination, and He is great in His Foundations! His Knowledge encircles all beings without taking a move or having a dwelling; He subdues everything with His Power and Reasoning! He has eternally been praised, and so will be praised forever! There is no end to His Greatness, Dignity and Grandness; He is the Originator, Resurrector, and to Him all things return."

"He is Aware of the secrets, and is discerned of thoughts, the covered are discovered to Him, and the hidden manifest. It is His to hold everything, and dominate it. The Source of strength is He, and is Powerful over everything. There is no comparable unto Him. It is He Who has created things out of absolute 'Nil'. He is Immortal, Alive, and is the Spreader of Justice; there is no deity but Him, the Wise Almighty.

No eyes can see Him but he perceives all eyes; He is aware of the secrets [of men], and is informed of all things. ..."

"O people! It is my final rising in such a [huge] gathering. Thus, listen, and then obey well [the Words of] Allah! And submit yourselves to His Command! For Allah Almighty is your Master and your Lord; and after Allah, your Master is the Messenger of Allah, the Prophet, who is at present calling out to you. And after me, according to the Divine Command, Ali is your Master, and your Leader, [Imam]. Then after him, the Leadership will be preserved, and perpetuated in my progeny, by his lineage, until the Day of Judgement when you come to encounter your Allah and His Messenger.

Nothing is lawful but whatever Allah and His Messenger, and the Imams permit; and nothing is forbidden to you, unless Allah, and His Messenger, as well as Ali, and the next Imams forbid it.Allah , glory to Him in the highest, has stated to me all about permissible and the forbidden, and whatever lawful and unlawful that Allah has taught me in His Book, I have put it all in Ali’s disposal."

 “O people! Prefer [the superiority of] Ali to others, for there is no knowledge that Allah has offered me, and then, I have offered it to Ali, the Leader of the believers – all knowledge of mine has been transferred to him. He is the ‘The clarifying Leader (Imam-e-Moabin)’; so doubtless that it is said in (Yaa-sin: 36/12), ‘Thus We have accounted, the knowledge of all things in the Exposing Book of Guidance!’

 O people! Never forget him, and do not deviate from his Leadership, and do not violate his guardianship. He is one, who guides you to path of Truth, and he himself does all what he discloses; he ruins lies, deceits, and he bars artifice. Never can the reproaches of who blame [annoy and bother, or] cease him in his way!

He is the first man to believe in Allah, and to His right Messenger who believed was Ali; no one has ever beaten him ‘In His Doctrine’!
It was he who put his soul in danger for the sake of Messenger, and he adored him. It was he who was always next to the Messenger of Almighty Allah, and prayed Allah along with Him – it was no one but Ali."

“Ali is the first man to establish prayer with me. I informed him of Allah’s Command that to lie on my bed, [on the Night of Immigration], so did he accepted to sacrifice his soul for me."

 "Thus, let it be known that except this brother of mine, no one can be called the ‘Lord of the Believers’, who is here [as] a brother with me. And let it be known that: after I am gone, the title of, ‘The Lord of the Believers’(Amir-al-Mo'menin) is not allowed to be used by any one except for him!”

Then he added: “O people! Who is to you, in most privilege than you yourselves?” They said, ‘It is Allah, and His prophet – you.’ So he said, “Now let it be known that, “Whosoever I am a master to, so is Ali his master.” Then he added: “O Lord: please love those who love his Authority, and be the enemy to one who is his enemy. And assist one who helps him, but do not support one who holds him apart."

"O people! This is Ali, [as] my brother, executor and so is he my [aide and] Knowledge keeper! And he is my successor for my people who, believe in me, and he is my successor who aided me in the interpretation of the Book of Allah, and he is the one who will invite people to that. He puts into practice whatever pleases Allah, and he makes war against the enemies of His. And he befriends those who believe in Him, and forbids the things outlawed by Him.

It is he, who is the successor of the Messenger of Allah; the Lord of the Believers, and the Imam who guides [people] by the Command of Allah; and by His Command, he destroys those wicked who break their oaths, the vicious who turn away from goodness and righteousness – and those heretic who ran away from the religion!"

“O people! Allah, glory to Him in the highest, has completed Religion with the Leadership of Ali. Thus, those who do not show their submission to him, and his successors, who are my progeny, and born from his lineage and are going to continue until the Day of Resurrection, their actions will become useless in this world and in the world to come. And they shall remain in the Eternal Flame, so that not a single torment will be reduced from them, and no delay is granted to them. ( 2/161)"

"O people! Indeed, with his jealousy, Satan chased away Adam from Paradise, thus, for Allah's sake, be not jealous of Ali, lest your deeds are rejected, and your steps slip...

 Know that no one becomes Ali's enemy, but who is cruel, and no one accepts his Leadership but one who is prospers and pious, and no one, but a virtuous believes him."

 “O people! I took Allah as my Witness that I have delivered His Message to you, and “The duty and the mission of a Messenger is but to make known Allah's Messages and to proclaim them the things crystal clear! ( 29/18,24/54)."

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"O, people! Be heedful of Allah in such a way that He deserves, and try to be honorable Muslims and then die.” (3/102).

“O people! I am the Straight Path (Seraat Mostaqim) of Allah, whom He has ordained you to follow; and after me, it is Ali, and then my discordance, who shall be the Leaders of the Guidance and will guide you to the righteousness and beauty.”

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